On Twitter, the journalist and MacArthur “genius” award winner Nikole Hannah-Jones, who has written extensively on the resegregation of American schools, criticized opposition to the proposal. She also related the views of black and Hispanic students who met the same night to give voice to the negative impact of their low acceptance rates to the city’s specialized high schools.

Another report described an organization that is helping low-income students apply to the schools. And in an unrelated story, a Brooklyn parent shared how being the only black student at a city public school took a toll on her daughter — until she was placed in the class of the school’s sole black teacher.

FALLOUT The angry reaction of Manhattan parents to the presentation of an education department proposal to diversify the city’s specialized high schools continued to draw scrutiny. The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post

Students from Teens Take Charge described why they support the diversity plan. Bklyner

Each year, this non-profit group helps talented, low-income students apply to the city’s specialized high schools. News 12

ROLE MODEL A Brooklyn parent described the positive impact a single black teacher has had on her daughter, the only black student at her public school. Chalkbeat

WINGING IT City officials and Amazon have no clear plans for how to absorb the children of the company’s employees at its planned HQ2 in Long Island City. City Lab

DEFIANCE A revered figure among some in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community has declared it will not cooperate with state officials charged with overseeing the city’s yeshivas. The Forward, The Jewish Voice

SOLIDARITY Teachers at a charter network in Chicago walked off the job, the first strike of its kind in the nation. Chalkbeat

CODED One hundred and one schools in Queens have computer science programs, a number that is set to grow. QNS

MOVING ON The superintendent of the Indianapolis schools reflected on his job after announcing he’d be heading to Washington, D.C. to become its schools chief. Chalkbeat

OPINION A feminist and Democrat explains why she supports Betsy DeVos’ Title IX reforms. The New York Times